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Today in Joystiq: August 12, 2008

The Joystiq Team is pretty evenly divided on our initial reaction to a life-sized LittleBigPlanet Sack Boy. Some of us would run away, some of us would force a hug on the LittleBigGuy. We all thought it was funny that the big zipper in front is not how you get in and out of the costume. More shots at Gamekyo (Via PS3 Fanboy). Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
The best of WoW Insider: August 5-12, 2008
A brief history of Treasure's shooters
Joystiq goes to Maddenpalooza
Metareview - Madden NFL 09 (Xbox 360, PS3)
Season Update: What's new in Madden 09

News
Age of Conan 'Game Master' axed after grinding exploit
Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball on XBLA starting Sept. 3
Sega pleased by 'substantial' iPhone Super Monkey Ball sales
Next Warhawk update is good news for newbs
'Militant atheists' up in arms over Spore's sim-religion
What They Play: Parents more worried about games than alcohol, porn
See Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince of Persia
Street Fighter Alpha finally hitting PSN on Thursday
Blizzard's Bob Colayco explains why Starcraft II took so long
Yu Suzuki no longer a Sega employee [update: yeah he is!]
See (hear?) Bangai-O Spirits' sound loading in action
Bond fans have different perspectives on different perspectives
OXM finds Xbox 360 games that have flatlined online
Braid: tearing up Metacritic; one of the top XBLA launches
Edge proclaims Halo 3 most innovative game of 2007, 2008
EA reveals Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure for DS
Lionhead explains how to get Pub Games gold into Fable 2
Variety judge disagrees with majority of E3 award winners, loves public drunkenness
Daily Mail has jolly ol' hysterical freakout over Wii's MadWorld
'Bulk' of BlizzCon tickets sold out, remainder go on sale at 11pm ET tonight
New Lara Croft model shows she speaks, does tricks
IGN shows off three Mega Man 9 bosses
Batman: Arkham Asylum revealed by Game Informer
Jonathan Blow: Microsoft made Braid demo shorter
Shockingly, Blizzard has 'plans beyond' Diablo III
Jaffe previews next Eat Sleep Play game

Rumors & Speculation
Bungie acceptance video teases new Halo goodies
Rumor: Dark Knight to prowl GTA-style city
Rumor: NCsoft to shutter Austin studio, reassign Tabula Rasa to Guild Wars dev
Rumor: NVIDIA's defective GPU woes worsen

Culture & Community
Print me: New Madden NFL 09 cover (except Xbox, Wii, and DS ...)
The '$10,000' Madden PSP Entertainment Pack
Olympic gold medalist trained with Wii
Thumbs up to hilarious new Metal Gear commercial

Today in Joystiq: August 11, 2008

Not only are we impressed by the idea and execution of the above gaming pastry, we're absolutely bananas over the Donkey Cake Country pun! Also check out the Bulbasaur cake in the gallery. Props to Anton the chef; check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
The Joystiq Free Game Club: Fantastic Contraption

News
300, The Watchmen composer scoring Rise of the Argonauts
New games this week: Madden '09
Strong Bad burninates WiiWare today
Virtual Console breaks in Star Soldier spoof
60GB Xbox 360 in UK for £199, August 15
New Xbox Experience game installation caught on video
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise parties with four player online co-op
This Wednesday: Bionic Commando Rearmed, Fable 2's casino sidearm
Geometry Wars is 'not going to stop'
Miyamoto's hobbies are none of your business
Shred Nebula devs give Sept. 3 release date
Microsoft disputes Nintendo's third-party victory claims
Midway Austin facing 90 layoffs, 'Criminal' canceled
Blow on Braid sequel, DLC, XBLA cert
Five minutes inSIDE inFAMOUS
Dead Rising Wii controls explained
PixelJunk Monsters receiving difficulty settings with free patch
PS3 release of Braid 'might happen' - WiiWare not happening
Lego Donkey Kong throws barrels at our hearts
CD Projekt going seriously overboard on The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
AMD touts the ATI Radeon HD 4870 x2 as the 'world's fastest graphics card'
AMD Cinema 2.0 tech demo: real-time photo-realistic human models

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: We really hope these are the Fable 2 achievements
Capcom teases Dead Rising on PlayStation blog

Culture & Community
WWE star believes movie violence more 'f*cked up' than games
Gamer 2.0 looks at gaming and global warming
BlizzCon tickets go up, Blizzard.com comes down
Cosplaying for cash: Meet the new Lara Croft model
PAX schedule gets posted, devoured, fretted over
LittleBigPlanet dev wants to see your redesigned logo
You've got to see Pac-Man: The (other) Movie

Today in Joystiq: August 8, 2008

Since we posted about The Mario Scarf last night, a handful of readers have pointed us to Tanya. While her story isn't nearly as romantic (there's no "knit for an engagement" scenario here), she is good. While we're at it, check out more gaming scarf stories from Joystiq's history. Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Joystiq Podcast 060 - Potato chip war edition
This Week in Review is hunting Trophies
WRUP visits the Tooth Fairy

News
Amazon's Gears of War 2 Lancer bundle available now for $140
Diablo 3 lead: Necromancer, other classes could return
EA dates Godfather 2 for February 2009
Nintendo: Wii Music not competing against Rock Band, Guitar Hero
BioWare considering Mass Effect DS
Georgia teen arsonists allegedly learned from GTA
Guitar Hero World Tour adds Dinosaur Jr., Survivor ... Bob Seger?
Bionic Commando Rearmed swings in next week; launching later on Euro PSN, $5 more on PC
Nintendo doesn't have exclusive rights to MotionPlus
Carmack: Xbox 360 Rage 'a little blurry,' 'key scenes' same as PS3
Nintendo spins false assumptions on software sales
Far Crysis: PCs will weep at Far Cry 2's system reqs
Street Fighter II HD beta gets bandaged
Rock Band Weekly: Megadeth, Machine Head, Killswitch Engage, Dream Theater, DevilDriver, Airbourne
Portable N+ subtracts $10, adds delay
See Call of Duty: World at War's co-op gameplay
First Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise 'Vision Card' up for download
Pain to get Trophies Sept. 4
iXboxLive is like Live Anywhere for the iPhone
LittleBigPlanet news and community site launches
Screamwriter: Warren Ellis contributed to Dead Space
PSP phone mod ain't pretty, but it rings

Rumors & Speculation
The AP asks: Where's the Dark Knight game?

Culture & Community
The Mario Scarf: Wear World 1-1 around your neck

Today in Joystiq: August 7, 2008

Check out this pixel scarf we found via, erm, ffffound. We're too worried about clipping issues to ever wear pixelated clothing ourselves. Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Metareview - Braid (XBLA)
X3F Week in Review: August 1, 2008 - August 7, 2008

News
The official Braid walkthrough says, 'Please do not use a walkthrough'
Chrono Trigger not bound for Europe this year
GameTap Thursday: Grimm meets Little Red Riding Hood
Omegathon 2008 lineup includes Peggle, Boom Blox, Rock Band, Jenga
Driver coming to PSN on Aug. 14
The Indiana Jones game that LucasArts doesn't want you to know about ... yet
SOCOM beta kicks off Sept. 1 for pre-orders
Qore Episode 3 detailed; Resistance 2 beta access in Sept.
BioWare 'talking about' more Mass Effect DLC
Favre to remain a Packer ... on Madden cover (EA has a plan!)
Godfather 2 detailed -- less GTA; more RPG, RTS, board game
Ben Heck looks under the 60GB Xbox 360's hood
Fable 2 lands Oct 21 in US, Oct 24 in Europe
Ozzy Osbourne joins Guitar Hero's World Tour on Crazy Train
Atari and Interplay settle D&D licensing drama
Soul Calibur IV burns two million souls worldwide
Sega realizes Sonic games haven't been very good
Warner Music wants more money for licensed songs
Diablo III art director leaves Blizzard, game's visual style to be 'maintained'
PlayStation Home beta accepting applications
Bad news: BioShock movie won't be 'Fool's Gold'
PSN Thursday: The third trip into the Qore
Microsoft's Gosen warns of 'thin line between gimmick and great gameplay'
Master Chief crash lands into Fable 2
EA smrt, publishes 'For Dummies' line of games
LAN Party Massacre: yep, it's another video game movie
Thai government takes strange cues from Detroit
Blow explains dilemma of Braid's price to 1Up
Let's rave over TAC's Illuminated Drumsticks

Rumors & Speculation
Analyst: Best of E3 winners see strong domestic sales

Culture & Community
Watch Kim Kardashian fight Peter Moore

Today in Joystiq: August 6, 2008

In response to E for All's "pimping" of Fatal1ty's presence at their expo, the dynamic duo of Penny Arcade sent out an immediate press release assuring its community that the professional gamer will not be attending PAX 2008. Phew! Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
PS3 Fanboy's Trophy Portal now open
Readers pick best webcomic: Impressions of Nintendo's E3 conference

News
Tales of Vesperia special edition has many tales to tell
British model Gemma Atkinson to suit up for Red Alert 3
PS3 BioShock's 'survivor mode' finally explained
360 system update goes live, new features don't
Five LittleBigPre-order bonuses, including Kratos Sackboy
See Metal Slug 7 explode on DS
WAR to be waged on Sept. 18
Manson, AFI and Flyleaf coming to Guitar Hero III
Namco Bandai profits take a dip in Q109
Grand Theft Auto IV hitting PC on Nov. 18
Turner to sell GameTap, Time Warner reveals
Blizzard offering XP, mounts for recruiting friends
Xbox 360 DLC has brought in $240 million
SOCOM: Confrontation priced: digital, retail, and headset bundle
More Midway departures including Chicago studio head
Strong Bad finally arriving August 11
Jonathan Blow talks Braid pricing
Lars won't confirm Guitar Hero: Metallica (spoiler: it's happening)
GoldenEye XBLA stuck in 'no man's land'
Phantasy Star Portable sells like a Monster in Japan
Rock Band 2 for Wii won't skimp on features
Bungie: Halo can learn from Call of Duty 4
Spacetime lets half its staff go, Blackstar still needs publisher
Sega Sammy's stock rises on news of $100m net loss for Q109
How to get Geometry Wars 2's 'Smile' achievement
Traveller's Tales assembling more Warner Bros. LEGO titles
New Heavy Rain screenshots seek path out of Uncanny Valley
Massive Entertainment seeks new corporate overlords
Wii system menu hack released, region coding on the run
MGS inks 'perpetual' license for Havok tech
John Madden impersonator in Blitz: The League II

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Next Medal of Honor in Afghanistan, based on 2002 Operation Anaconda

Culture & Community
DMC's Ebony and Ivory replicas on sale
Mario and more re-created in Soul Calibur IV
Windows Vista + PS3 = Proof of Patience, and not much else
Dell.com: $299 Xbox 360 Elite, 2 games, 2 faceplates
Spock to pimp new Trek MMO in Vegas
Eye of Judgment tourney starts Aug. 14

Today in Joystiq: August 5, 2008

Sure, they think they'll get her, but truth is, she's got a power pellet hidden under that coat. (Via WebUrbanist; thanks, Sam) Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Podcast Rodeo for August 5: Ear Factor

News
Mega Man 9 getting intentional bugs, flicker
'Bikini Samurai Squad' slashes Stateside on 360
Times: iPhone could be in 'same league' as DS, PSP
Atlus to inject PS2 with Eternal Poison this November
Warhawk Trophy patch goes online Aug 27
Avary is working on Wolfenstein flick 'right now'
Left 4 Dead on PS3? 4geddaboudit ... 4 now
Xbox 360 Avatars only in 'E' titles
Final Fantasy XIII coming to Xbox 360 in Taiwan
Ken Levine dances around new project
Stuff Magazine reveals new Guitar Hero World Tour tracks
Got some cash? Valve 'happy' to talk acquisition
ESA receives $282,794 reimbursement from California
Media Molecule teases new LittleBigPlanet reveal
Hell hath no Fury, neither does anyone else now
THQ boss declares console cycles dead
Metal Gear brings in solid profits for Konami Q1
BioWare envisions console-specific Dragon Age
Gears of War 2 to feature optional gore filter
Wahlberg: Max Payne 'is my favourite role so far'
Capcom: Spyborgs undergoing 'significant overhaul'
Deca Sports reaches 700,000 units shipped
NCSoft summons its chi for martial arts MMO
Some humans destroy Destroy All Humans! PSP
Half of Rare working on secret projects
LucasArts hiring testers for extra-super-secret MMO
Burnout Paradise 'Bikes Pack' throttles back to September
Carmack turned down Quake MMO offers

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: Concept art from Halo: Fall of Reach movie
Rumor: GTA Chinatown Wars detailed in survey
Rumor: Rock Band 2 an Xbox 360 exclusive for just one month

Culture & Community
Diablo designer judging fan art for MTV
E3 awards: Fallout 3 = Best of Show; LittleBigPlanet = Best Console game
Wii hack zaps annoying health warning, region coding

Today in Joystiq: July 31, 2008

An art project made by Joystiq reader Brandon P that attempts to answer the question, "What would a Piranha Plant look like in the real world?" Personally, we're now more scared of our hamburger patties, but it's a damn fine realistic interpretation. Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Exclusive: a sneak peek at the upcoming i am 8 bit show
The Joystiq E3 2008 Awards
X3F Week in Review: July 25, 2008 - July 31, 2008

News
GameTap Thursday: Grimm and Alien Stars
Intel: Some example of Ray Traced gaming likely in 2-3 years
Madden 09, Facebreaker demos rush onto Xbox Live, PSN
Wrath of Lich King's Blue Eye of Sauron
THQ: Q109 buoyed by Wall-E, but still sees $27.2m in losses
Got a URL handy? Play The Last Guy on it
Major Nelson: 60GB Xbox 360 has no street date
iPhone gets (unoffical) World of Warcraft apps
Castle Crashers dev: Price not yet decided
Rockstar and GTA IV honored at Develop Awards 2008
Japanese Home beta opens, adds Namco classics
'What is Treadstone?' A multiplayer Bourne sequel, apparently
Space Siege PC demo now available
Cursed Mountain: Survival horror made just for Wii
Logitech crafting 'premium' Guitar Hero peripherals
Cursed Mountain: Survival horror made just for Wii
Video: 24 custom Soul Calibur IV characters
PSN Thursday: Who could ask for Eden-thing more?
Too Human goes gold; 900k downloaded demo
Space Siege PC demo now available
Echochrome re-tooled in 2D for Home, creators working on new project
Go team Cosplay: GameFly holding open casting for next commercial
New Xbox Experience may help the Xbox in Europe
Wrath of the Lich King coming Q4 2008
Activision quarter profits double on Kung Fu Panda, Guitar Hero
Wolfenstein trailer and images are occult-tastic

Rumors & Speculation
Pachter: DS successor could be introduced this year

Today in Joystiq: July 30, 2008

To be honest, we find the placement of the blue and purple Tetris pieces disturbing. Check out the highlights for today:

News
Shane Kim talks MMO stumbles
Midnight Club: Los Angeles midnight movie
ASA dismisses GTA IV telly ad complaints
PS3 firmware version 2.42 is now live
This Wednesday (today, we mean): Geometry Wars 2
Nintendo Q109 results drown company in billions
Capcom: Q109 sales up 15% (thanks Monster Hunter Freedom 2G)
The BBFC seeks to classify online interaction
Bourne game rights forget Vivendi, return to Ludlum Entertainment
Revealed XBLAugust prices incorrect
See Dark Void's jetpack action in video
Ticket to Ride Europe yet to arrive on XBLA, customers getting antsy
HAWX grounded until 2009
Ubi to release Armored Core for Answer in September
Rock Band concert tour, chance to humiliate yourself on-stage announced
ESA releases annual report publicly for first time
Doctor Who wants to time warp, play retro games
Wii MotionPlus co-developer demos tech in new video
GT5 Prologue update hits on Friday
PixelJunk Eden Trophies detailed, but not in gold

Rumors & Speculation
GTA: Chinatown Wars site hints at Nintendo WFC features
Zombies!!! coming to Xbox Live Arcade???
Rumor: Wal-Mart spotted selling 60GB Xbox 360

Culture & Community
DC, Capcom partner for Resident Evil, Devil May Cry comics
Eegra picks Game Makin' Shindig winners
Wii Brew's Wii Pack Generator delivers no-fuss homebrew
CollegeHumor reveals Bowser minion coup d'etat
Zero Punctuation apparently missed the actual E3
Edge: Nintendo tops industry's best publishers

Today in Joystiq: July 29, 2008

This Bully-themed costume has one problem: this hombre has a watch on, whereas Jimmy is watchless. Epic fail, man -- better luck next time! (We're kidding, of course!) Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
Readers pick best webcomic: Waiting

News
Demigod releases first trailer, confirmed playable at PAX
Blackwater mercs say 'make music, not war'
Molyneux talks three new Fables and a secret project
Nintendo files lawsuit to curb DS piracy
Amazon clarifies some Gears of War 2 Lancer details
Resident Evil 4 vs. Resident Evil 5 vid showcases scary similarities
Valve committed to XBLA, re-releases possible
Scrabulous disabled for US, Canadian Facebook users
Square Enix pres Yoichi Wada preaches platform neutrality
Hell's Highway pushed back to September
A Grimm first trailer
'A Snake for a new era,' Kojima teases
Sierra: Ghostbusters 'absolutely not cancelled'
Sony profits dip, games division way up
Riccitiello: EA should have bet on Wii; PS3 and 360 still 'meaningful'
Take-Two excited about Wii, mum on GTA for the system
Double Fine: Brutal Legend is 'fine,' weevils not
EA doubles Q1 revenues, troubled by $95 million loss
New PlayStation 3 FCC filing found, likely 80GB
Command & Conquer FPS Tiberium delayed to fiscal 2010
Mass Effect DLC now on PC for free
Battlefield Heroes pushed back to late 2008
Bionic Commando Rearmed's divergent finale
EA generated $90m through digital distribution in Q1
EA: Boom Blox not a bomb after all
Red Alert 3 skipping PS3 due to 'exotic and tough' development
Shane Kim talks MMO stumbles
DC, Capcom partner for Resident Evil, Devil May Cry comics

Rumors & Speculation
Pachter: Nintendo has not abandoned the core audience
Rumor: Yoda could come to PS3 Soul Calibur IV through DLC

Culture & Community
Dreamcast emulator for PSP real, really slow
No compromise with working, full-size NES belt buckle
BlizzCon tickets on sale August 11
Fuel for debate: More E3 'best of' award winners announced

Today in Joystiq: July 28, 2008

This man tried to stab us. Check out the highlights for today:

Joystiquery
The Joystiq Free Game Club: Psychonauts
PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits Buyer's Guide

News
Frat Party Games - Pong Toss 'controversifies' WiiWare
Cryptic Studios unveils Star Trek Online, launches website
Virtual Console gets bad in Chase HQ, Art of Fighting 2
Ubisoft director: Red Steel 2 to support Wii MotionPlus
New games this week: Soul Calibur IV edition
Bizarre Creations definitely has PSN in plans
XBLAugust: Castle Crashers, BC Rearmed, Braid, and Galaga
Brace yourself: Mark Wahlberg hasn't played Max Payne
Warhammer Online release date changed to more vague 'Sept 08'
ESA's mediocre game pack raises $2.6 million for charity
See symbiote Wolverine in Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
Carmack planning iPhone 'graphical tour de force'
Prince of Persia creator remaking his first game, Karateka
Rep: Ironside not out of Splinter Cell: Conviction
Brace yourself: Mark Wahlberg hasn't played Max Payne
See tons of MK vs. DC Universe gameplay
Age of Conan developer's stock drops by half
Blizzavision keeps Crash, Spyro, Ice Age, Prototype; loses Brutal Legend, Ghostbusters, and more
Rumor: Cross-platform multiplayer free on Xbox 360 (Update: limited-time only)
ESA's mediocre game pack raises $2.6 million for charity

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: ESRB rates Grand Theft Auto IV for PC
Analysts: EA revenues up in Q2, $100 million in losses expected
Rumor: New Xbox 360 dashboard leaked
Rumor: Target selling 60GB Xbox 360 'Pro' early

Culture & Community
You could win gold in the Velvet Assassin ARG
Read the Mirror's Edge comic teaser issue
IGN announces E3 award winners
Rooster Teeth creates Achievement/Trophy database site
Subcribe to Comcast, get a Wii for fwii

The Joystiq Weekend: July 25 - 27, 2008

The cast of LEGO Final Fantasy VII ... only Cloud is seriously lacking in the spikey hair department and Red XIII is nowhere to be found. Check out the highlights for this weekend:

Joystiquery
The Best of Big Download: July 20-26
Costumes of Comic-Con 08: Days 1 and 2
DS Fanboy Lite: July 19 - July 25
Japanese hardware sales, July 14 - July 20: Turn-based edition
Joystiq Podcast 058 - Merchant-off edition
WRUP: The Warehouse Edition
Weekly Webcomic Wrapup gets a Reality Check

News
Guitar Hero III 'Virtuoso Track Pack' now available
England, Wales prisoners lose access to 18-rated games
See first posters, date for Max Payne flick
Unlock the Uncharted Trophies beginning Aug. 22 ... or not
Marc and Dexter: Ecko making iPhone-only slasher
PlayStation 2 travels through time to kill children
Rock Band Weekly: Staind, Testament, Scars on Broadway, The New No 2
Super Street Fighter II HD beta gets time extension
Tera Patrick 'hired' as 'special' 'producer' on Saint's Row 2
Gears of War movie development soldiers on
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe adds a killing Joker
Bungie working on 'three distinct projects'
Peter Moore calls E3 'soulless,' calls for public event
Point your single oversized eyeball at this Resident Evil: Degeneration trailer
Wheelman pumps brakes, delayed until Q1 2009
EA Sports working on fixes for NCAA Football 2009 bugs
Microsoft's Frank O'Connor hints at 'HaloCon', comments on 'Bungiegate'
Warhammer Online launches Sept 23, says EA website
Cryptic Studios job listing reveals Star Trek Online
Toasty! Midway announces Mortal Kombat: Kollection for PS2
Gears of War 2 content unlocked by original Gears achievements, $130 Lancer bundle coming
Too Human demo classes unlock over time, internal clock shift makes them all available
Check out the star-studded Afro Samurai trailer
The NSFAmerica Dead Space 'Lullaby' trailer

Rumors & Speculation
Rumorong: Activision, Red Octane call shenanigans on World Tour set list
Rumor: Ratner to turn God of War film into geek tragedy
Rumor: Vader DLC bringing dark side to Xbox 360 Soul Calibur IV
Rumor: New Marvel vs. Capcom game may be coming 'sooner than you think'

Culture & Community
Rigopulos on why air drumming doesn't work

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